MVC controller is being called twice

Question

I have a controller that is being called twice from an ActionLink call.

My home page has a link, that when clicked calls the Index method on the Play controller. An

Answer 1

Something very stupid I did...had 2 Forms on a page with one button on each form. I had added script to submit a specific form based on the button clicked but, since the default action of a button on a form is to do a submit, it called my Controller Action twice. :^(

    $('#SaveButton').click(function (event) {
        $("#AttendanceDetailForm").submit();
    });

Answer 2

You can step through the code in your view. Step through and see where the second call comes from.

Answer 3

Try changing the int? id to int id. It's matching the route the 2nd time because you're calling the index again with a null id.

Answer 4

I was chasing my problem and found it in here:

Had <div style="width: 200px; height: 200px; background-image: url('\Asd\image.jpg')"></div> and problem made \ character so inside server side code i replaced all \ with / and it is working as charm.